"Outcast," "The Wicked + The Divine" Debut in Image Comics June 2014 Solicitations

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OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #1story: ROBERT KIRKMANart / cover: PAUL AZACETA & ELIZABETH BREITWEISERJUNE 25 / 48 PAGES / FC / M $2.99NEW HORROR SERIES FROM THE WALKING DEAD CREATOR ROBERT KIRKMAN! Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it. It begins here -- with this terrifying DOUBLE-SIZED FIRST ISSUE featuring forty- four pages of story with no ads for the regular price of just $2.99!

THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #1story: KIERON GILLENart / cover A & B: JAMIE MCKELVIE & MATT WILSONcover C: BRYAN LEE O'MALLEYJUNE 18 / 40 PAGES / FC / M $3.50Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critically thermonuclear floor-fillers Young Avengers and PHONOGRAM reunite to start a new ongoing superhero fantasy with a beautiful oversized issue. Welcome to THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, where gods are the ultimate pop stars. But remember: just because you're immortal, doesn't mean you're going to live forever.

RED CITY #1story: DANIEL COREYart / cover: MARK DOS SANTOSJUNE 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99In the wake of a system-wide civil war, hard-nosed interplanetary investigator Cal Talmage is given a simple mission to find a missing ambassador's daughter in Mars Central, a.k.a. Red City. The routine case quickly complicates as Cal finds himself in the midst of rival alien mobs, street vendettas, and political conspiracies. He struggles with personal demons as he discovers that another war is brewing, and the lives of an entire race hang in the balance.

THE SUPERANNUATED MAN #1 (OF 6)story / art / cover: TED MCKEEVERJUNE 4 / 32 PAGES / BW / M $3.99 / GOLDEN-AGE FORMATFROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CREATOR OF MINIATURE JESUS. By the time most people realized it, they were no longer in charge of the world we know. In an unspecified future, the small seaside town of Blackwater has now been taken over by advanced and mutated animals. Most of the humans that lived there are now either dead or gone, but one old-man remains, scavenging off the scraps and refuse of humanity's past, and doggedly defying the new tenants.

WILDFIRE #1story: MATT HAWKINSart / cover A: LINDA SEJICcover B: STJEPAN SEJICJUNE 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.99Is genetically modified food an end to world hunger or a first class ticket to the apocalypse? Dan Miller is a plant biologist working with a small team perfecting an accelerated plant growth process. When things go wrong, Los Angeles pays the price in a disaster story unlike any before.

THE DARKNESS: CLOSE YOUR EYES (ONE-SHOT)story: ALES KOTart / cover: MAREK OLEKSICKIJUNE 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99ALES KOT (ZERO, WILD CHILDREN) joins MARO OLEKSICKI (Frankenstein's Wounds, 28 Days Later) to deliver this special Darkness one-shot! Los Angeles more than a hundred years ago: a different place, yet the sun still burns down the ground and the oilfields flow. This is a story of another Estacado. This is a story of love. This is a story of death.

GHOSTED, VOL. 2 TPstory: JOSHUA WILLIAMSONart: DAVIDE GIANFELICE & MIROSLAV MRVAcover: MATTEO SCALERA JUNE 11 / 120 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99Collects GHOSTED #6-10After his last job, Jackson Winters won his freedom. But even now, he can't put his very real ghosts to rest. News of his reappearance has spread, and there are people who have waited a long time to use his peculiar talents for all the wrong reasons.

GØDLAND CELESTIAL EDITION ONE HC (NEW PRINTING)story: JOE CASEYart / cover: TOM SCIOLIJUNE 4 / 360 PAGES / FC / T / $34.99Collects GØDLAND #1-12 plus a universe full of cosmic-powered extras!BOOK ONE OF THE EISNER AWARD-NOMINATED CELESTIAL EDITION HARDCOVER IS BACK IN PRINT! See how the greatest cosmic superhero epic of our times began! Thrill to the adventures of Earth's emissary to the cosmos, Commander Adam Archer! Not to mention Basil Cronus! Maxim! Friedrich Nickelhead! The mystery of Iboga! And much more! If you've never experienced the wonder of GØDLAND, it starts right here! THE CELESTIAL EDITION HARDCOVER IS THE MAXIMUM FORMAT TO EXPERIENCE THE GØDLAND SAGA! BIGGER IS BETTER!

PETER PANZERFAUST, VOL. 4: THE HUNT TPstory: KURTIS J. WIEBEart / cover: TYLER JENKINSJUNE 11 / 136 PAGES / FC / T / $14.99Collects PETER PANZERFAUST #16-20, soon to be a BBC TV Program!In the aftermath of the assault on The Sticks, the team is fractured and Lily's father is dead. Parsons returns to Lily to learn her side of the story for the first time. It is the story of one woman giving up everything to avenge her family. Tiger Lily will honor her father's memory with one final hunt.

PROTECTORS INC., VOL. 1 TPstory: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKIart / cover: GORDON PURCELL & MICHAEL ATIYEHJUNE 4 / 160 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99Collects PROTECTORS, INC. #1-6Chicago is home base for Protectors Inc., a corporation renting out super-powered men and women as franchises and heroes and spokespersons...making money and enjoying prestige and power in a world without super-powered bad guys. But when one of the Protectors is found murdered, the trail begins to lead back to one of his other teammates. None of them want to consider the possibility that one of their own has turned to the dark side...so it falls to Lieutenant Detective John Riley to follow the evidence wherever it goes. His journey will take him into a maze of secrets going back over seventy years, to the creation of the very first Protector...and a killer whose identity may threaten the very existence of Protectors Inc.

A VOICE IN THE DARK, VOL. 1 TPstory / art / cover: LARIME TAYLORJUNE 11/ 208 PAGES / FC / M / $19.99Collects A VOICE IN THE DARK #1-7Some people become killers. Zoey Aarons was born that way. The thing is, she doesn't want to be a killer. Can she keep her impulses in check while starting a new life at college, far away from home?

WITCHBLADE, VOL. 1: BORN AGAIN TPstory: RON MARZart: LAURA BRAGAcover: MARC SILVESTRIJUNE 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99Collects WITCHBLADE #170-174This first volume in a new series of WITCHBLADE collections provides a perfect jumping-on point! Sara Pezzini has given up the Witchblade and taken up the life of a small-town Sheriff, but her past comes back haunt her in deadly fashion. Acclaimed writer RON MARZ returns to the series, working with gifted artist LAURA BRAGA to tell the next chapter in the life of Sara Pezzini and the Witchblade!

WHISPERS TPstory / art / cover: JOSHUA LUNAJUNE 11 / 154 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99Collects WHISPERS #1-6A mentally troubled man is suddenly empowered with the ability to leave his physical body in "ghost" form and manipulate people in unusual ways. With this incredible power, will he control his demons...or discover even more? JOSHUA LUNA of "The Luna Brothers" (ULTRA, GIRLS, THE SWORD) makes a solo debut with a dark, supernatural thriller that questions free will and explores the obsessions and urges we all have and may not have control of at all.

'68: RULE OF WAR #3story: MARK KIDWELLart: JEFF ZORNOW & JAY FOTOScover A: NAT JONES & JAY FOTOScover B: TIM VIGIL & JAY FOTOS JUNE 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99Face-to-face with the psychopath that murdered his only son, CIA Agent Declan Rule learns the meaning of pain at the turn of a scalpel's blade. An abandoned airstrip in Vietnam introduces Kuen Yam and his followers to the unlikely agents of Heaven and in New Jersey. The Kuens' desperate journey downriver delivers them into the hands of a madman.

BURN THE ORPHANAGE: REIGN OF TERROR #2 (OF 5)story: DANIEL FREEDMAN & SINA GRACEart / cover A: SINA GRACEcover B: EMI LENOXJUNE 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50Tensions are rising as Rock's distrust for Izabel splits the rebel group in two. With resources dwindling and spirits descending, MannCorp's assault-bots will have an easy time picking the team off unless they can find a way to work together.

CHEW #42story: JOHN LAYMANart / cover: ROB GUILLORYJUNE 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99"CHICKEN TENDERS," Part Two No animals were hurt during the making of this comic.

DREAM POLICE #3story: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKIart / cover: SID KOTIAN & BILL FARMERJUNE 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99In the Dreamscape, anything can happen. So when Katie begins investigating a case that threatens to get out of control, she realizes that she may have bitten off more than she can chew, raising the question: can Dream Police die? And if so, can she survive the darkness she has unwittingly unleashed? Meanwhile, Joe Thursday continues having flashes of memory concerning a former partner that neither he nor anyone else can remember. To solve this mystery, he will have to begin asking questions no one wants to answer...questions that threaten the very foundations of the Dreamscape.

EAST OF WEST #13story: JONATHAN HICKMANart / cover: NICK DRAGOTTAJUNE 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50"BUSILLIS" Our first good look inside the Lair. The Son of Death and Xiaolain makes his move. The beast roams free in EAST OF WEST #13.

THE FUSE #5story: ANTONY JOHNSTONart / cover: JUSTIN GREENWOODJUNE 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50"THE RUSSIA SHIFT," Part Five Two hobos murdered in cold blood. Homeless living in maintenance ducts. A high-flying mayor with a scandalous secret. Unreliable witnesses, lying suspects, and nothing but the cold vacuum of space outside. All in a day's work for MCPD Homicide...22,000 miles straight up. Welcome to the Fuse.

GREAT PACIFIC #17story: JOE HARRISart / cover: MARTÍN MORAZZOJUNE 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99"BIG GAME HUNTERS," Part Three New Texas has been conquered and the unrelentingly cruel Baston plans one, final hunt in order to break the spirit of Chas Worthington's supporters. It's a race between hunter and prey across the Garbage Patch -- and the quarry is Chas himself!

MADAME FRANKENSTEIN #2 (OF 7)story: JAMIE S. RICHart: MEGAN LEVENScover: JOELLE JONES & NICK FILARDIJUNE 4 / 32 PAGES / BW / T+ / $2.99Now that he has built his creature, Vincent has to start teaching her how to be a lady. Meanwhile, his rival, feeling guilty over the death of their mutual love, begins to investigate what's going on down at the lab.

MINIMUM WAGE #6story / art / cover: BOB FINGERMANJUNE 18 / 32 PAGES / PARTIAL COLOR / M / $3.50It's a state of flux for Rob, et al. With a goodly chunk of his income about to go bye-bye, Rob seeks comfort in his stealthy relationship with Sheila. Plus, he gets roped into playing reluctant skinematographer in the conclusion of the first arc of BOB FINGERMAN's critically acclaimed series. New issues resume in 2015!

NAILBITER #2story: JOSHUA WILLIAMSONart / cover: MIKE HENDERSONJUNE 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99Officer Nicolas Finch doesn't care about Buckaroo, Oregon's serial killers or its secrets -- he just wants to find his missing friend. With time running out he turns to the one man who has all the answers...the infamous Nailbiter!

ONE-HIT WONDER #5 (OF 5)story: FABRICE SAPOLSKYart : STEPHEN THOMPSONcover : ARIEL OLIVETTIJUNE 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50MINISERIES CONCLUSION! The end of the mob as we know it. So bloody that we invented a word for it: "binge killing." You thought you saw everything in the Game of Thrones-style penultimate issue? Think again! Richie Reese's final fate is revealed here. Which side is he on? Who'll go with a smile? Also: the Hollywood Killer's next adventure is teased here.

PROPHET STRIKEFILE #2story / art: BRANDON GRAHAM, SIMON ROY, GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS, & MOREcover: JOSEPH BERGIN IIIJUNE 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99Part two of a who's who look at the Prophet universe, including a comic history of a bizarre mind-enhancing alien egg and bio sheets pulled from the deepest corners of known space, revealing the secrets of gods, aliens, and the distant worlds that contain them.

RAT QUEENS #7story: KURTIS J. WIEBEart / cover: ROC UPCHURCHJUNE 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50"THE FAR REACHING TENTACLES OF N'RYGOTH," Part Two You didn't see that coming, did you? Neither did the Queens but now they have an ally on their side with an innate knowledge of N'Rygoth, which is good because they're going to need every bit of help they can get. Palisade is overrun with tentacle monsters.

REAL HEROES #4story / art / cover A: BRYAN HITCHcover B: BILL SIENKIENWICZJUNE 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99The cast of The Olympians movies has been taken to a world where their fiction is a reality. Asked to save the world, they were scattered and terrified as the Mutants and Brainchild came for them. Now the awful truth about this world and its heroes is revealed as the Devastators come to rip the Earth apart.

RISE OF THE MAGI #2story: MARC SILVESTRIart / cover A: SUMEYYE KESGINcover B: MARC SILVESTRI JUNE 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50After a terrifying escape from the Magic world into ours, Asa finds that not even two realities are big enough to hide in. Armed with a terrible secret meant to destroy both his world and this strange place called Earth, Asa Stonethrow must seek help from his realm's most feared criminals. His only hope is an enchanted frog and a street-smart, opportunistic petty thief and con artist named April Mae June.

SATELLITE SAM #10story: MATT FRACTIONart / cover: HOWARD CHAYKINJUNE 4 / 32 PAGES / BW / M+ / $3.50The second arc of SATELLITE SAM comes to its thundering conclusion: everybody's secrets get a little bit of daylight and all hell is set to break loose in front of, and behind, the cameras. Who killed Satellite Sam and why? What happened to Michael White during the war? And who can he trust to help him set things right?

SEX CRIMINALS #6story: MATT FRACTIONart / cover: CHIP ZDARSKYJUNE 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M+ / $3.50TIME MAGAZINE'S COMIC OF THE YEAR RETURNS WITH ITS SECOND STORYLINE! After their narrow getaway from the Sex Police, Jon and Suzie are learning that this is "just the tip" of a massive iceberg. And what happens after the rush of a new relationship fades? Are they in love, lust, like, or just lame? Sexy fun times returns: We missed you so much, brimpers.

SHUTTER #3story: JOE KEATINGEart / cover: LEILA DEL DUCA & OWEN GIENIJUNE 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50SPECIAL 'JOE KEATINGE'S BIRTHDAY' ISSUE! It's a day of celebration for our beloved writer, but a day of horrible consequence for Kate Kristopher! Major loss comes when the life Kate left behind sends an assassin with a gigantic bomb gun after her. ALL THIS PLUS: a triceratops.

SIDEKICK #8story: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKIart / cover: TOM MANDRAKE & HIFIJUNE 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99 / Foil CoverAfter years of doubt and guilt, Barry Chase finally has a mission: to kill the Red Cowl in retribution for the betrayal of a lifetime. But first he has to find the Cowl, and that won't be easy. So when he turns to Melody, the Cowl's assistant, who he suspects may have been in on the whole thing, how far will he go to force her to tell what she knows...and what price is she prepared to pay to withhold that information?

SOVEREIGN #4story: CHRIS ROBERSONart / cover: PAUL MAYBURYJUNE 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99Questions of power and politics are forgotten as inhuman intelligences clothe themselves in the bodies of the unburied dead and swarm across the countryside. Those who remain within the walls of the late emperor's palace are safe for the moment, but far worse threats are fast approaching.

STARLIGHT #4story: MARK MILLARart / cover C: GORAN PARLOVcover A: TRAVIS CHARESTcover B: PASQUAL FERRYJUNE 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99Duke and his young companion are getting deeper into Tantalus' underground movement, doing everything they can to infiltrate the invaders and meeting some unlikely allies. It's been 40 years since Duke last held a gun. Does he still have what it takes to drive out alien invaders and save Tantalus for a second time?

STRAY BULLETS: KILLERS #4story / art / cover: DAVID LAPHAMJUNE 18 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.50When Eli's teenage cousin gets his girlfriend Jane knocked up, he agrees to help him "solve" the problem. But a simple drive to the doctor's becomes anything but when a double- cross, a twisted neighbor, and a .38 revolver leave Eli both hopelessly in love and hopelessly holding the bag. Find out why picking the wrong hideout can get you dead in "Love, Monkey. Monkey, Love You."

TALES OF HONOR #4story: MATT HAWKINSart / cover A: SANG-IL JEONGcover B: LINDA SEJICJUNE 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99THE HONORVERSE EXPANDS TO COMICS! Based on the best-selling military science fiction novels by David Weber, this original comic book series continues the story of Honor Harrington as she investigates the threat to Basilisk Station by the Republic of Haven.

TEN GRAND #12story: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKIart: C.P. SMITH & BEN TEMPLESMITHcover: C.P. SMITHJUNE 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99Issue twelve signals the emotional conclusion of the first title from Joe's Comics: the latest war between Heaven and Hell is over, for now, with casualties as far as the stars themselves. But Laura's fate is still to be resolved. When Joe makes a life-or-death request of the Powers, a favor beyond anything he could have imagined, will they consent...and lift the veil between life and death one last time?

TREES #2story: WARREN ELLISart / cover: JASON HOWARDJUNE 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99An Arctic research station. An Italian coastal town with an occult legacy. A new city in China. The future is being written in these places, in the shadow of a strange alien invasion that has become a historical mystery.

VELVET #6story: ED BRUBAKERart / cover: STEVE EPTINGJUNE 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50THE SECOND ARC BEGINS HERE! Following the revelations at the end of issue 5, Velvet's quest for the truth and her innocence takes her right back to the heart of her own organization -- to London, where every move she makes is even more dangerous than the last!